Filed under: Tidbit
Get your tickets for this weekend! There’s a show comin’!
Chicago is playing the greenest host this Saturday and Sunday to a Green Festival, full of green businesses and speakers on the greening of America, green, green, green!
Sorry, I could not help my jolly green self. Here’s the info:
Chicago Green Festival
May 17 & 18, 2008
Show Hours: Saturday 10 am – 8pm, Sunday 11 am – 6pm
Venue and Address: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL
Really, do you need a zip code?
Filed under: News
My hometown of Chicago is doing something rash. Or maybe just giving some PETA members rashes.
Chicago was the first city to ban foie gras, a dish of buttery, fattened liver created by overstuffing ducks and geese… and then by removing the organ in a barehanded sacrifice.
KALI MAAAA!!!
Okay, so I’m a little Indiana Jones-addled right now. Yet I think it is appropriately gruesome, and I can’t say I support the council’s decision to reverse its ban on the delicacy either way.
Look: I like liver. I like duck. I like anything that’s “fattened,” “buttery,” and not government-sanctioned. I also like people not causing horrible pain to animals.
When you know your duck has been Mortal Kombat-ed into a convenient, bite-sized French cuisine, it is tough not to imagine it screaming. Though it might enjoy all the food, as ducks like to eat a lot. So, well, enjoying all the food, then screaming in the morning over gaining the extra pounds. THAT’S torture.
Here’s a tip, council: stop telling us what we’re eating. Stop talking about it. Legislate, but don’t tell us, and keep it all behind closed doors for once. I don’t want to know, Freedom of Information Act be damned! Seriously, I’m scared what’ll happen when you guys tell me how my other food is made.
Filed under: News
Students at Loyola University Chicago are proud to announce the publication of the 2008 edition of Mosaic magazine in both print form and online.
The fifth anniversary edition of Mosaic explores environmental issues in Chicago, including recycling, green building design, urban farming and green rooftops.
Mosaic is produced entirely by students, who report, write and edit the articles, take photographs and complete the design and layout.
A companion Web version of Mosaic is available online at www.luc.edu/orgs/mosaic2008.
